Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 5 March 1950 — Page 37

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pealed or to you an luring the

Plans Clinic

| : To ‘Honor — Presidents

Mrs. Pearson Will Speak

_ predidents will start two more garden cis oti up Suet vie

season this week. The schedule follows. Hi i : TOMORROW * Blue

Flower Garden Club—12:30| | p. mm. Me. G. A. Helkes, $20 B. 55th St, hostess. “Soil Condi-|

“arrangement demon-| stration, Mrs. W. D. Kautsky. TUESDAY Biz-Z-B Garden Club—11:30 a. m.| ? Mrs. Elmer Gray, 4141 Ridgview Drive, hostess. Election of! 3 officers. ] THURSDAY ! Crooked Creek Garden Club—1:30 p. m. Mrs. G. W. Utterback, 5233 Woodside Drive, hostess. “Horticulture,” Harlan Fulmer, assistant county agent. Rhea Garden Club—1:30 p. m. Mrs. A. H. Barton, 2058 Westbrook - Ave., hostess. Election

of officers. Compilation of “scrapbook, in charge of Mrs.| Dorothy Robey. FRIDAY

North End Garden Club—12:30 p. m. President's Day luncheon. Marott Hotel. “Synthetic Gems,” Frank B. Wade. Installation of officers. Mrs.John W.| | Noble, - president; Mrs. Arthur G. Wilson, vice president; Mrs. Herbert Asperger, recording secretary; Mrs. Charles R. Yoke, corresponding secretary; Mrs. John Galm, treasurer; Mrs. Frank B. Wade, historian. Golden Glow Garden Club—12:30 p. m, President's Day luncheon. Marott Hotel. Discussion of by-laws, Installation of officers. Mrs. Lyle Bryant, presi- ‘ dent; Mrs. John Lane and Mrs. E. E. Talkington, first and sec———ond: vice presidents; Mrs. George! Bertrand and Mrs. Conrad Bar-

doesn’t believ by experts short lived.

all she hears.

got left,” she laughs.

from the garden column (adv.). “It grew even faster,” she says.

they're good for north window | prettier white pattern if they

rett, recerding and correspondKatterjohn, treasurer, and Mrs. | Arthur Remler, historian. | choice). - 1 > | Rose Society 5 r. and Mrs. William _Northcutt, As Experts Favorite. | “If “you want to know why your, a fll i roses don't look like the catalog! pictures you'll have a chance to, “Phe Indianapolis Rose Eo is putting up a panel of specialists who'll “try to take on all questions: or find the answers” nounces. The meeting will be held in the! World War Memorial at 8 p. m. ov Wednesday, Anyone who is in-| always with this community minded group. The panel members will be Dr. Warren Tucker, “John Morris and Albert Nichols. June 4 has been set as the tentative date for the society's first _rose show, ciety’'s first organized year con sists of Mrs. W. Irving Palmer, chairman, with Mrs. Walter ‘P.| Morton and Herbert Asperger. port - on members’ experiences with “different rose varieties in their own gardens. Holding to) their initial purpose of “helping

ing secretaries; Mrs. Virgil Three to Sit r _find out this week. Dr. ‘E. I, Nugent, president, an-! ‘terested is Invited to attend, as Set Show Date Program committee for the 50+] | A. H. Becker is preparing a re-| others to grow good roses” the

Suskaon and erkine ‘photo:- 1 Here's a candidate for the | | partly shaded yard,

Astilbe (rhymes with ah, will |

Ce pesults-are-to-be-compiled- to. find! he?) is a favorite with the.local |

. out. which varieties grow best in| gardeners who know it. The | this locality. | feathery white flower spikes of : most varieties get it mis-named |

. ‘“spirea.” Some kinds ‘produce | ed a rou P red, pink, or purple -flowers. | i ——————— TH ———————————————————————— m————— ~Phe—fi On -the-over- nee

| high plant is attractively cut, | L. Rich soil and plenty of water | are definitely its preference. | | Use this new white astilbe, White Gloria,” with the red At Purdue Mar. 8 astilbe Fanal, in partly shaded Glad fans will be gldd (but| spots for an eye-pleasing comnaturally) to know there's going, bination. it blooms in late June to be another spring “clinic” at to mid-July. - Purdue. ee ———————— , The Indiana Gladiolus. Society, Chapter to Celebrate as schedul r Saturday at -the. horticulturai Fri ndianapos Crap: Gold celebrate its . greenhouse in West Lafayette. It's' anniversary with a 1 to ‘everyone who loves y with a.1 p. m. open .-"|luncheon ‘tomorrow in the Broad

‘ the species.” Ri pple Legion Hail. The all-day session, beginning Mrs. Ethel. Arnold is program;

Session Will Be

Mrs. A. W. Peffer's verisgated lederdion 5 is much older than her small neighbor, Deborah Jill Northcutt. — -

By MARGUERITE SMITH LUCKILY MRS. A. W. PFEFFER, 3302 N. Keystone Ave. For one thing, she’s “been told” t variegated philodendron is a slow grower and

But her own 16-year-old plant, perched high on an antique plant stand, has grown so long it sprawls on the living room rug. “And I've cut off and given away more of that plant than I've.

Plenty of water is part of her recipe.

(well, once in a while) and that’syall there is to it. For the botanically-minded it might be well to mention that variegated- philodendron isn’t really a philo at all tant cousin, name of pothos, scindapsus, or ivy-arum (take your !

Of two green and white varieties, the one that's more pleasantly variegated is harder to raise (wouldn't you know it).

Deborah Jill Northcutt, Mrs. te much younger and smaller than the plant, is the daughter of

t Friday at

Then she took a tip She gave it liquid fertilizer. And she wipes the leaves off

_ihe “alway,

"Will Hear |Speaker

Howard Wright Also to Talk

The Nature Study Club will entertain the Audubon Sociéty and the Nurses Association on Thurs-

favorite speakers is coming to

./town. Sam Campbell, “philosopher

of the forest,” will show -eolored|

motion pictures of “Irresistible California.” : : Sponsored by the - Chicago &.

Northwestern Railway System,

one of his enthusiastic admirers. The meeting will be at the Word War Memorial at 8 o'clock. Dther meetings of the nature and bird clubs this week include the Audubon Society's meeting on Rauh Memorial Like brary. This will be at 7:30 p. m,, a discussion of Maywood as “birding territory.” Howard Wright will talk on “Summer in Minnesota.”

Field Trip ~~ .

On Saturday Audubon Society | members will meet at Raymond, St. and Kentucky Ave., at 7:30 a.| m. for a field trip to Maywood.

{one of the city’s good “bird hunt-

ing” grounds. Howard Wright and Charles Keller will be leaders. The Nature Study Club will also. £0 on a bird jaunt next Sunday.|

_|Anyome who is interested is in-!

vited to meet with them at the! home of Wesley Stockinger, 5023! N. Capitol Ave. Energetic mem-| bers will start there and hike to! Butler campus to study birds, also) wildflowers that may be out. Less! active members will have a so-| cial hour with Mrs. Stackinger.

jtist Church. Guests will be the

presidents of the Indianapolis District garden clubs, William Gilbert of “Flowers by

Mary” will-be-the principal speak-|

er. Mrs. Frank Schroeter is the!

general chairman of the tea.

iin | THE INDIANAPOLIS 1 TIMES -__ = Ca Nature Club Raise Your Own Salad Greens" Yord—

COS LETTUCE .| OR ROMAINE

CURLY | LEAVED

day night this week. One of their | <f

CHIVES

CURLED GARDEN CRESS

CORN SALAD

Vitamins vanish when salad greens wilt, s packs the place,” SaYS Then there's-that good -tastiness of. fresifrom-the-garden. Greens. ~80 raise. your own and eat the best.

So says science.

Leaf lettuce, easiest of all to raise, is green and . popping with vitamin A. Sow seed now as soon as ground is workable. Cos lettuce (romaine) makes a long lean head. It's easier

than fat round head lettuce,

possibly more tasty.

Broad leaved epdive is won

| derfully full of flavor. But wait

in this climate until mid-May |

to sow seed. Then you'll have | summer salads to carry on after

| lettuce has given up to heat.

Curly endive is another late summer salad. Sow seed in

mid-May unless you especially

want it early. Chervil is the herb with the parsley look. Like, parsley it takes a long time to germinate. |

| so sow seed early with radish |

seed to mark the spot, Chives make such pretty plants you can raise them in the flower border. You'll never be without them once you've tried raising them. Sow seed early or buy a potful of chives at the grocer’s. Then set the plants out after

{ weather settles,

Corn salad adds variety to

early spring salads. Don't count on its producing very long. ‘Instead, make two or

three sowings at two-week intervals, starting early. Curled garden cress is a honey if you “just love” watercress. And garden cress (or

peppergrass) will grow on dry -|

land: Sow a little seed early, every two weeks thereafter for a spring long supply.

" "Merrill Club - ‘Plans Guest Day

{Art Institute. { Herron director, | program. Hostesses will | James C. Carter, John Atherton,

will

!Charles Brossman, Donald Johns-

{ton, Albert L. Rabb, Herbert S.

{Wood and George Caleb Wright, fara C. Ewing, Josephine

| Misses § iHerron and Mary McBride.

{Woman's Club

|Plans Luncheon

The election day luncheon of the Irvington Woman's Club will home of Mrs. David Konold, 5087 E.

{be held tomorrow in the

{Washington St. | Luncheon assistants |Mesdames Edward W.

will Harrison,

{William H. Shreve and Albert Holman. Mesdames Clifford E. Wag-

oner, Don Hopping and Charles C.

Baker will give the program on’

“Back to Fundamentals.”

Use Hot Water

Clothes can be

w ater,

Try Change

{ HH i || ning ceases, -planting will begin.

be - Mesdames

ironed more; easily and quickly If sprinkled] Lwith hot water rather than cold:

In Gardens This Month

Evaluate Ground Objectively

March is the month when plan-

bom

{It's the month fo look at your | yard with the eyes of a stranger. {How -would a stranger - answer | these questions about your yard? ONE: Do the shrubs dook scrag{gly and uncared for? (Even spring! blooming shrubs can take a little ‘judicious... “before. they. blossom. But do most of their| trimming after they bloom.) TWO: Does the lawn look moth eaten? (Don't delay sewing that — grass seed if yd want new turf] to come through those hot April}: days alive.) | THREE: Are flower beds stuck:

The guest day of the Cathar- here and there? (An unbroken {tne Merrill Club will be held at expanse of grass sets off both 3 p. m. Saturday in the Herron house and flowers better. Wilbur D. Peat, |spring is a good time to reassemgive the

Early

ble scattered perennials.)

Cut Back Limbs

crotches with heavy limbs oul either side threatening to split apart in high summer winds?)

gently but be sure to leave no stubs if you want quick healing Boiting limbs together will help, too.)

FIVE: Is the lawn soil hf¥d

land pale yellow? (Give your-grass|

some plant food if you want it’ to grow really green. And some

clay.) SIX: How does the north, shady side -of the house look?! { (If it's pretty bare try turning it! into a wild flower garden. Or start some tuberous begonias| indoors now to use there later. Or, easiest of all, set out white! plantation lilies for fragrant 1 August bloom.)

No Stick Starch ‘Adding a Tittle paraffin to hot]

starch wil prevent its sticking to the iron.

leer have two azalea plants I

FOUR: Do trees have all. S. Releases

(Cut back heavy headed limbs|

humus will help loosen that hard]

By MARGUERITE SMITH

have been coaxing along all winter.. One of them bloomed ‘some. I have given them the care you suggest such as.rich - * loose dirt, keeping them damp but not soggy and ih room temperatures of 50 fo 60 de--grees. But they continue to lose their leaves. On examining them closely I find the ‘stems to be scaly. . What can Ido for them? Mrs. E. W. A.—Azaleas suffer more commons ly from soft shelled scale in_..sects (mealybugs) than from “the hard shelled type your description indicates. Can you pick them off with a cotton wrapped toothpick? More. likely the cause of leaf drop would - be from -red spider. Shower them. off weekly in the sink and you'll control it—also the ~ plants will love it. The bloom you got this winter depended largely on the care the plants got last summer during the bud-forming period. -

Flower Seeds

Even Uncle Sam .is taking a whirl at flower gardening. -This year he's releasing to dealers the seed of four new flowers developed by the Agriculture De- - partment. One is a new hardy phlox that can” be raised from seed. It's called Beltsville Beauty. Most hardy phlox seedlings are likely to turn out lavender or magenta colored. But Beltsville produces | White, white with salmon eye, and various shades of pink, red and salmon. The seed. should be planted in {the fall, It needs exposure to cold weather for germination. But a session .in the refrigerator this spring might fool it so you could {plant in early summer. | The other three flowers from the USDA are all snapdragons, Deep Salmon Pink. Bright Rose, and White Rose, by name,

Just a dis- |

But gardeners though they develop | get sun. Pfeffer’s small neighbor who

3306 N. Keystone Ave.

D. of U. to Elect

Officers. will be elected tomor-

row at the meeting of the Gov. |. | Oliver P. Morton Chapter, Daugh-|

iters of the Union, 1861-65, Inc.| The meeting will be at 1:30 p. m.

| Bureau vice president, will speak

on Guatemala and Costa Rica. Mrs, Daniel R. Ehalt will give

a musical reading. Mrs. E. C. W.|

Wischmeier will preside.

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‘= Other ‘events on the Gladiolus Society's 1950 schedule are a __regional show at Columbus, Ind. | on Sunday, July" 30th, Roger * Arnett, Columbus grower, will be show manager for this one. A week later, on Aug. 6th, an-

due trial gardens. Climax of the glad season, as always, will be, the state gladiolus show. It will be on Aug. 12th|’ and 13th and again at Wabash. The Wabash Council of Garden Clubs sponsors this increasingly| important event in the atr-condi-| and youngtioned Honeywell Memorial build-

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